Rapid eruption of Skye lavas inferred from precise U-Pb and Ar-Ar dating of the Rum and Cuillin plutonic complexes

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6690, 1998, Pages 260-263

  Hamilton, M A ^a   Pearson, D G ^b   Thompson, R N ^b   Kelley, S P ^c   Emeleus, C H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; LEAD; THORIUM; URANIUM 238;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FLOOD BASALT; TERTIARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

UK, SCOTLAND, SKYE;

EID: 0032537727     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28361     Document Type: Article

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